Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-04-29
TIE LOCAL ApvEnTIsERs.

The advertising patronage of the Wing
of November 10, 1888, was very limited
The business departments were repre-
scnted as follows:
Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, etc.
Peck g. Griswold and James Manning
Hail.
Cabinet Ware-D. w. Christian.
Leather-David Crops.
Stoves and Tin Ware-C. d. Wood.
ruff.
The professions had of Lawyers-Isaac
Stctson, John C. Sphinx and Andrew
Coffinbury, Henry Bennett, and j. Pur-
dy and w. V. Way, OF Perrysburg and
John NJ. May and Samuel NJ, Young,
Maumee City. Physicians-Dr. N. Dus-
tin, Perrysburg.
A large portion of the advertisements
consisted of steamboat lines between
Perrysburg and Buffalo, Cleveland, San
dusky, Lower Sandusky (FremonD Man
haitian and Toledo. The boats consisted
of the Commodore Perry" Capt. Da-
vid Wilkison the Anthony Wayne"
Capt. Amos Pratt the WISCONSIN" !"
Capt. G. f. Powell ; the Constitution, !"
Capt. Gil" Appleby the columbus,
Capt. Augustus Walker the James
Madison" Capt. II. c. Bristol; the
"Thos. Jefferson" Capt. Thos. Wilkins /;
the Caroline Capt. c. Perry the
"Yermillion" and the "Rhode Island" F"
A portion of these constituted "a daily
line between Perrysburg and Buffalo" "
The "Rhode Island" (20O tons) "the only
small boat of the list, put in at Lower
Sandusky and Monroe once each week. '
The local agents of these boats for the
several ports were as follows AT Per-
rysburg, John Hollister & Co.; Maumee
City, Bingham & Furey Buffalo, Gals
ton & Evans Cleveland, Petrie & Root;
Huron, Wickham Walker & Co.; San
dusky, Barber i Barney Lower San
dusky, r. Dickinson e Co.; Toledo. Pal
mer, Bash & Co.; Detroit, Gray, Gala
CHER & Co.; Chicago, John S. Wright.
E. Huntington, rs administrator of
the estate of d. P. Newell, advertised
Zone rifle gun, one wooden clock, one
silver watch, variety of carpenters
tools and some few articles of house
hold furniture, . at auction at the Court
House, Perrysburg-''all sums under
SO, cash; over that amount four months
credit, with approved security"
John P. Elderkin and j. s. Russell,
appraisers, gave notice that they had
appraised ut 500 certain stray horse,
taken by Henry j. Elder, of Troy town.
ship.
Notice was given that petition would
be presented to the Legislature for the
erection of a new county, to be called
"Cass," and to be composed of three
townships from Seneca county. one
from Sandusky, two from Hancock and
six from Wood county, with the county
seat at Risden, now constituting por-
ton of Fostoria. The county Cass was
not erected.
Another new county project included
territory from the counties of Wood
Henry and Lucas, with the county seat
at Gilead (now Grand Rapids) Wood
county. "Gilead" never possessed the
balm" of court house and Jail.
The most conspicuous advertisement
of that issue consisted of the delinquent
land list, published by Sidney G. Sloane,
County Auditor. The main portion ol
the property was town lots in Perrys
burg, the taxes on which ranged from,
n cents to $106.75, averaging about So
There was but 80 parcels of farm land
the taxes ranging from Sl.35 to $66. %
There were 90 lots in Gilead and Yves
Gilead.
January 8, 1880, A. Hill. P. NJ, adver
. tised list of letters remaining in the
Perrysburg Postoffice.
Joshua Chappell, Sheriff, advertised 81
sales of real estate.
January, 1882, Sphinx & Hosmer, An
J drew Coffinbury and Henry Darling hat
, attorneys cards in the lVhig John Webb
was then the County Clerk.
March, 1890, B. ], Lewis. "Fashion
able Tailor" dvertised-"Shop few
rods above q the liberty pole, From
street."